Posted on 08/30/2010 8:26:37 AM PDT by combat_boots
The secret service has been urged by Demos to be more open Secrecy surrounding counter-terrorism operations is fuelling mistrust of authorities, a study by independent think tank Demos suggests.
It urges the government and secret services to be more open to stop extremist groups using conspiracy theories to discredit them.
A Demos spokesman said: "Less-secret services could make Britain safer."
The study calls for greater communication with trusted community leaders and individuals.
Continue reading the main story Related stories Unmasking the mysterious 7/7 conspiracy theorist When sceptics fight back The report - entitled the Power of Unreason - says groups use conspiracy theories to recruit and radicalise people to commit acts of violence.
An example of one such theory is that the bombings in New York and London, on 11 September 2001 and 7 July 2005 respectively, were "inside jobs" carried out by authorities in the US and UK.
Other theories highlighted were that "freemasons control the world economy through manipulation of paper currency", that the UK government is "consciously seeking to destroy Islam" and that a "conspiracy between the Japanese government, the US, and the Jews existed to gain world domination".
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
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Demos is another ‘third way’ think tank in the UK. According to its website “Demos is a greenhouse for new ideas which can improve the quality of our lives. As an independent think tank, our aim is to create an open resource of knowledge and learning that operates beyond traditional parties, identities and disciplines.” [1]
(NOT RELATED TO Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action)
Contents [hide]
1 Advisory Council
2 Partners
3 Contact details
4 Related Sourcewatch
5 External links
Advisory Council
Geoff Mulgan
John Ashworth - British Library
Ian Christie
Matthew D’Ancona - Sunday Telegraph
Imtiaz Farrookhi - Leicester City Council
Michael Frye - B Elliott Ltd
Sir Douglas Hague - Templeton College
Jan Hall - Gold Greenlees Trott Europe
Chris Ham - Birmingham University (Health)
Charles Handy - journalist
Ian Hargreaves - University of Wales, Cardiff (Journalism)
Christopher Haskins - Chairman, Northern Foods plc
Martin Jacques - Journalist
Terry Leahy - Tesco
Mark Leonard - Foreign Policy Centre
David Marquand - Mansfield College, Oxford
Julia Middleton - Common Purpose
Yve Newbold - Chief Executive, ProNed
Anita Roddick - Body Shop plc
Judith Squires - Univeristy of Bristol (Politics)
Dennis Stevenson - Tate Gallery
Martin Taylor - Barclays Bank plc
Bob Tyrrell - New Solutions
David Varney - BG plc
Helen Wilkinson - elancentric.com
Ngaire Woods - Oxford University
Professor David Youlton - Shell & Wilcox
Theodore Zeldin - Oxford University
Partners
3i
Age Concern
BDO Stoy Hayward
BECTA
Bell Pottinger
British Energy
British Gas
BT Forum
Building Societies Association
Bull Information Systems
Cable and Wireless
Calouste Gulbenkian
Carnegie Young People’s Initiative
C&A
CFBT
Channel 4
Commission for Racial Equality
Community Action Network
Coopers and Lybrand
Denplan
Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Department for Education and Skills
Department of Trade and Industry
Design Council
Edexcel Foundation
EDS Ltd
egovernment solutions
ELWa - Education and Learning in Wales
Environment Agency
EzGov
Further education Development Fund
Forum for the Future
HEDRA Limited
IBM
ICL
I&DeA
Institute of Management
Jobs for the Future
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Ketchum Communications
Kids’ Club Network
KPMG Consulting
Lifelong Learning Foundation
London Arts Board
London Tourist Board
Mercury
MMO2
NAHT
National College for School Leadership
National House-Building Council
National Union of Teachers
National Westminster Bank
Nationwide Building Society
NatWest Group
NatWest Life
NESTA
New Opportunities Fund
North Southwark EAZ
Northern Foods
Norwich Union
Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
PAULO
Pearson
Pre-School Learning Alliance
ProShare
Prudential
Prudential Plc
Reed Personnel Services Plc
Resource
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
Scottish and Newcastle
Scottish Power
SEEVEAZ
Sequent Computer Systems Ltd
Shell International
Solace
Solar Foundation
Sorrel Foundation
Tesco
Thames Water
The Architecture Foundation
The Carnegie United Kingdom Trust
The Camelot Foundation
The Charities Aid Foundation
The City of Athens
The Corporation of London
The Esmee Fairbairn Charitable Trust
The Economic and Social Research Council
The Gatsby Charitable Foundation
The Government of Ireland
The Government of Italy
The Housing Corporation
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
The Lattice Foundation
The London Planning Advisory Committee
The Lord Ashdown Charitable Settlement
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
The RAC
The Tedworth Charitable Trust
Tomorrow’s People
T-Mobile (UK)
UKISC
Various local authorities
VSNTO
VSO
John Wiley and Sons
Woolworths
Contact details
Demos
Third Floor
Magdalen House
136 Tooley Street
London SE1 2TU
tel: 0845 458 5949
fax: 020 7367 4201
Web: http://www.demos.co.uk/
Related Sourcewatch
Tom Bentley
Hannah Lownsbrough - Former Staff
External links
Geraldine Bedell, Geoff and Martin’s Big Idea”, The Independent (London), Sunday Review, January 24, 1993.
Peter Popham, “They bear menaces rather than gifts - but new Labour is welcoming their ideas”, The Independent (London), September 25, 1996, page 15.
Ann Barr, “The swot who knows best; As the election nears, think-tanks move into top gear. The highest profile belongs to Geoff Mulgan’s Demos, promoter of a report on ‘Tomorrow’s Women’”, Focus, The Independent (London), March 9, 1997, page 19.
William Clark, “The Tainted Word”, Variant, issue 13, Summer 2001.
Rob Blackhurst, “The sad decline of the policy wonks”, The New Statesman, January 31st, 2005. (Blackhurst, the former Communications Director of the Foreign Policy Centre, refers to Demos in this article).
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Demos#Partners
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